Johann von Wittelsbach

Johann von Wittelsbach was a general of the Austrian Empire.

Biography
Johann von Wittelsbach was born in Munich in the Kingdom of Bavaria (present-day Germany) to the noble House of Wittelsbach, a family that ruled over Bavaria for much of its existence. Through his royal family, he was related to King Otto I of Greece and the rulers of Bavaria. Von Wittelsbach entered the service of the Austrian Army and was promoted to General in January 1838, and he was given command of the Austrian 4th Army. Wittelsbach was in command of 24,000 troops in the major city of Venice in Austrian Italy, which was the capital of the Veneto region. He missed the First Holstein War in 1837 because his army was too large to fit on the fleet already in harbor, and the war ended while the fleet was still under construction.